Open AccessAssessment of health-related quality of life of male patients with ileal orthotopic neobladder compared to cutaneous ureterostomy
Author(s) -
Arman Tsaturyan,
Mher Beglaryan,
Yervand Kirakosyan,
Davit Martirosyan,
Mher Mkhitaryan,
Varujan Shahsuvaryan,
Sergey Fanarjyan,
Arman Tsaturyan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
central european journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2080-4873
pISSN - 2080-4806
DOI - 10.5173/ceju.2020.0028
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , quality of life (healthcare) , urinary diversion , ureterostomy , confounding , retrospective cohort study , bladder cancer , urology , surgery , cancer , nursing
The aim of this article was to compare patients' health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) outcomes between ileal orthotopic neobladder (IONB) and standard bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy (CU) using validated diversion-specific HR-QoL questionnaires.